a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment by user-inactivated
user-inactivated  ·  2423 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: August 9, 2017

The telescope is pretty nifty. I never knew we'd be able to see Jupiter's moons with that tiny thing.





user-inactivated  ·  2422 days ago  ·  link  ·  

10x50 binoculars can see the moons and bands on jupiter, 10x60's can see the rings of saturn good enough to get hyped about it. An 80mm telescope is about the minimum for visual observing and they are coming way down in price.

Dala  ·  2422 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I could kinda make out the bands on Jupiter, could be that the scope needs more cleaning than I think it does (likely) or could have been atmosphere issues that made things not as clear.

Of course, I also need to learn the scope and what my two eyepieces are best at as well.